✨ feat: add development environment configuration and update sample data generation

README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Website for Python Ireland (python.ie / pycon.ie) community, built with Django 6
 
 4. Generate sample data (creates pages, navigation, meetups):
    ```bash
-   docker compose run --rm web python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data --settings=pythonie.settings.dev
+   task django:generate-sample-data
+   # or: docker compose run --rm web python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data --settings=pythonie.settings.dev
    ```
 
 5. Create a superuser:
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ If you prefer to develop without Docker:
 5. Activate the virtualenv: `source pythonie-venv/bin/activate`
 6. Install dependencies: `pip install -r requirements.txt` (or `uv pip install -r requirements.txt`)
 7. Set up the database: `python pythonie/manage.py migrate --settings=pythonie.settings.dev`
-8. Generate sample data: `python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data --settings=pythonie.settings.dev`
+8. Generate sample data: `task django:generate-sample-data` (or `python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data --settings=pythonie.settings.dev`)
 9. Create a superuser: `python pythonie/manage.py createsuperuser --settings=pythonie.settings.dev`
 10. Install and run Redis server locally: `redis-server`
 11. Set Redis environment variable: `export REDISCLOUD_URL=127.0.0.1:6379`
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ task django:make-migrations   # Create new migrations
 task django:collect-static    # Collect static files
 
 # Sample Data (for development)
-python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data --settings=pythonie.settings.dev
+task django:generate-sample-data
 
 # Testing
 task tests                    # Run test suite

Taskfile.yaml

@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - docker compose run --rm web python pythonie/manage.py collectstatic
 
+  django:generate-sample-data:
+    desc: Generate sample data for development
+    cmds:
+      - |
+        if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 && docker ps >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          docker compose run --rm web python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data
+        else
+          python pythonie/manage.py generate_sample_data --settings=pythonie.settings.dev
+        fi
+
   dependencies:compute:
     desc: Compute the dependencies
     cmds:

development.env

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=pythonie.settings.dev
+PGDATABASE=pythonie
+PGUSER=postgres
+PGPASSWORD=pythonie
+PGHOST=postgres
+REDISCLOUD_URL=redis://redis:6379
+

pythonie/core/factories.py

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import factory
 from django.utils import timezone
 from factory.django import DjangoModelFactory
-from meetups.models import Meetup
-from sponsors.models import SponsorshipLevel
+import wagtail_factories
 
 from core.models import HomePage, SimplePage
+from meetups.models import Meetup
+from sponsors.models import SponsorshipLevel
 
 
 class SponsorshipLevelFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class Meta:
     visibility = "public"
 
 
-class HomePageFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+class HomePageFactory(wagtail_factories.PageFactory):
     class Meta:
         model = HomePage
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class Meta:
     body = []
 
 
-class SimplePageFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
+class SimplePageFactory(wagtail_factories.PageFactory):
     class Meta:
         model = SimplePage
 

pythonie/core/management/commands/generate_sample_data.py

@@ -41,23 +41,47 @@ def _create_home_page(self):
             self.stdout.write("Home page already exists")
             return home
 
-        wagtail_root = Page.objects.get(depth=1)
+        try:
+            wagtail_root = Page.objects.get(depth=1)
+        except Page.DoesNotExist:
+            from wagtail.models import Locale
+
+            locale, _ = Locale.objects.get_or_create(language_code="en")
+            wagtail_root = Page.add_root(
+                instance=Page(title="Root", slug="root", locale=locale)
+            )
+            self.stdout.write("Created Wagtail root page")
+
         default_home_exists = Page.objects.filter(slug="home", depth=2).exists()
         slug = "python-ireland" if default_home_exists else "home"
 
-        home = HomePageFactory.build(
+        home = HomePageFactory(
+            parent=wagtail_root,
             slug=slug,
             show_in_menus=True,
             body=self._get_home_content(),
         )
-        wagtail_root.add_child(instance=home)
-        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS("Created home page"))
-
-        site = Site.objects.filter(is_default_site=True).first()
-        if site:
+        # Publish the home page
+        revision = home.save_revision()
+        revision.publish()
+        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS("Created and published home page"))
+
+        # Create or update the default site
+        site, created = Site.objects.get_or_create(
+            is_default_site=True,
+            defaults={
+                "hostname": "localhost",
+                "port": 8000,
+                "site_name": "Python Ireland",
+                "root_page": home,
+            },
+        )
+        if not created:
             site.root_page = home
             site.save()
             self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS("Updated site root page"))
+        else:
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS("Created default site"))
 
         return home
 
@@ -88,10 +112,13 @@ def _create_page(self, parent, title, slug, body=None):
             self.stdout.write(f"  {title} already exists")
             return SimplePage.objects.get(slug=slug)
 
-        page = SimplePageFactory.build(
-            title=title, slug=slug, body=body or [], show_in_menus=True
+        page = SimplePageFactory(
+            parent=parent,
+            title=title,
+            slug=slug,
+            body=body or [],
+            show_in_menus=True,
         )
-        parent.add_child(instance=page)
         self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Created {title}"))
         return page
 

requirements/dev.in

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -c main.txt
 coverage
 django-debug-toolbar
-factory-boy
+wagtail-factories
 fakeredis
 isort
 model_mommy

requirements/dev.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 # This file was autogenerated by uv via the following command:
 #    uv pip compile --output-file requirements/dev.txt requirements/dev.in
+anyascii==0.3.3
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
 asgiref==3.11.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
     #   django
+beautifulsoup4==4.14.3
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
 boolean-py==5.0
     # via license-expression
 cachecontrol==0.14.4
@@ -24,27 +32,88 @@ defusedxml==0.7.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
     #   py-serializable
+    #   willow
 django==6.0.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
     #   django-debug-toolbar
+    #   django-filter
+    #   django-modelcluster
+    #   django-permissionedforms
+    #   django-stubs-ext
+    #   django-taggit
+    #   django-tasks
+    #   django-treebeard
+    #   djangorestframework
+    #   laces
     #   model-mommy
+    #   modelsearch
+    #   wagtail
 django-debug-toolbar==6.1.0
     # via -r requirements/dev.in
+django-filter==25.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+django-modelcluster==6.4.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+django-permissionedforms==0.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+django-stubs-ext==5.2.8
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   django-tasks
+django-taggit==6.1.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+django-tasks==0.9.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   modelsearch
+    #   wagtail
+django-treebeard==4.8.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+djangorestframework==3.16.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+draftjs-exporter==5.2.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
+et-xmlfile==2.0.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   openpyxl
 factory-boy==3.3.3
-    # via -r requirements/dev.in
+    # via wagtail-factories
 faker==40.1.0
     # via factory-boy
 fakeredis==2.33.0
     # via -r requirements/dev.in
 filelock==3.20.3
     # via cachecontrol
+filetype==1.2.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   willow
 idna==3.11
     # via
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
     #   requests
 isort==7.0.0
     # via -r requirements/dev.in
+laces==0.1.2
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
 license-expression==30.4.4
     # via cyclonedx-python-lib
 markdown-it-py==4.0.0
@@ -53,8 +122,16 @@ mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
 model-mommy==2.0.0
     # via -r requirements/dev.in
+modelsearch==1.1.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
 msgpack==1.1.2
     # via cachecontrol
+openpyxl==3.1.5
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
 packageurl-python==0.17.6
     # via cyclonedx-python-lib
 packaging==25.0
@@ -63,6 +140,15 @@ packaging==25.0
     #   pip-audit
     #   pip-requirements-parser
     #   pipdeptree
+pillow==12.1.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   pillow-heif
+    #   wagtail
+pillow-heif==1.1.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   willow
 pip==25.3
     # via
     #   pip-api
@@ -92,6 +178,7 @@ requests==2.32.5
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
     #   cachecontrol
     #   pip-audit
+    #   wagtail
 rich==14.2.0
     # via pip-audit
 ruff==0.14.11
@@ -100,15 +187,29 @@ sortedcontainers==2.4.0
     # via
     #   cyclonedx-python-lib
     #   fakeredis
+soupsieve==2.8.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   beautifulsoup4
 sqlparse==0.5.5
     # via
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
     #   django
     #   django-debug-toolbar
+telepath==0.3.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail
 tomli==2.3.0
     # via pip-audit
 tomli-w==1.2.0
     # via pip-audit
+typing-extensions==4.15.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   beautifulsoup4
+    #   django-stubs-ext
+    #   django-tasks
 tzdata==2025.3
     # via
     #   -c requirements/main.txt
@@ -119,3 +220,13 @@ urllib3==2.6.3
     #   requests
 uv==0.9.24
     # via -r requirements/dev.in
+wagtail==7.2.1
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail-factories
+wagtail-factories==4.3.0
+    # via -r requirements/dev.in
+willow==1.12.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/main.txt
+    #   wagtail